National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management Search this
Extent:
25.5 cu. ft. (25 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Brochures
Clippings
Manuscripts
Compact discs
Digital versatile discs
Electronic records
Digital images
Color photographs
Color transparencies
Black-and-white negatives
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1973-2017
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of records which document the work of the Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management in the preparation and development of exhibitions
at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), as well as the design and publicity involved with exhibitions and the loan of art objects both to and from the museum. Staff represented
in the collection include Beverly J. Cox, Director of Exhibitions and Collections Management; Claire Kelly, Director of Exhibitions; and Kristin Smith, Exhibition and Loan
Specialist. Some materials date to when the department was known as the Office of Exhibitions. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, scripts, object lists, conservation
records, budget records, production schedules, permissions, comment cards, comment books, loan records, label text, invitations, press kits, images, brochures, and clippings.
Some materials are in electronic format.
Rights:
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2033. Boxes 1, 3-5, 7-9, 12- 15, 20-23 contains materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid; Transferring office; 12/31/08 memorandum, Toda to Kelly; Contact reference staff for details.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 19-102, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management, Exhibition Records
